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Contains brief biographies of one hundred artists who played key roles in the development of painting, sculpture, and photography, presented chronologically by date of birth.

"Nathan, a pedlar and seller of embroidery threads, first sets his eyes on Mary the queen as an infant being crowned at Stirling Castle. He follows her life, being one of the many who are drawn to her, and becomes more closely involved in her life than a mere pedlar could possibl...

James IV of Scotland was the most charismatic but also the most doomed of the Stewart family to sit on the Scottish throne. Brilliantly clever, handsome and daring, he disdained his brother-in-law, Henry VIII of England, and set out on a flimsy excuse to inflict a resounding defe...

1950s Edinburgh is the setting for this murder mystery. Young reporter Rosa's friend and former colleague, Patricia, returns from London to marry her fiance but tragedy soon strikes. Rosa is forced to join up with new work colleague Charles Rutland to try and unravel the truth.

Little does Dee Carmichael know as she prepares for the final Bombay expatriates' annual cocktail party what surprises and horrors the evening is to bring.